Mounting for electric heaters.



N.7o8,o36. 1 Patented sept. '2, |902.

E. E. Gom. mou'nrms .Fon n-:Lecrmc namens.

(Applicltion led Oct. 16, 1901.)

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MM@ I (Application led Oct. 18, 1901.)

No. 708,000. l Patented sept. 2, 1902.

(no Model.)

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UNITED lSTATES PATENT OEEICE.

EDWARD E. GOLD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MOUNTING VFOR ELECTRIC HEATERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patentv No. 708,036, dated September 2, 1902.

Application filed October 16, 1901l Serial No. 78,8727. (No model.)

To all when@ t may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD E. GOLD, acitizen of the United States, residing in the bor- V ough of Manhattan, city,'county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mountings for Electric Heaters, of which the following is a specification.

In my companion application for pat-ent filed herewith, SerialNo. 7 8,826, filed October 16, 1901, I have claimed generically a mounting for heaters especially adapted to use in connection with movable car-seats of electric cars. My present application is designed to cover a similar combination', in which the heater is adapted to be 'moved in order to maintain it beneath the seat when the latter is moved.

My invention provides also various other improvements, as specified in detail hereinafter.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a movable seat to which my improvement is applied. Fig.I 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section, and Fig. 4 a horizontal section, of the same. Fig. 5 is a plan of a slightly-modified arrangement 'of the seats and support. Figs. 6 and 7 area vertical section and ,end elevation, respectively, of a different style of seat and a different manner of supporting the heater. Figs. 8 and 9 are a side elevation and end elevation, respectively, of a third mode of supporting the heater. Fig. 10 is a plan showing the movements of the seat illustrated in Figs. 6 and 8.

A distinguishing feature of my present invention is the mounting of the heater in such a way that as the seat is movedthe heater may also be moved to maintain it directly or substantially beneath the seat. Preferably the heater is moved simultaneously with the seat and preferably also connected with the seat for this purpose.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates the seat, B a movable support on which the seat is carried, and() a fixed support upon which the movable support moves, usually by being pivoted thereon. The xed support is usually in the form of a pedestal, as shown, attached directly to the iioor of a car or other apartment; but it may vobviously be varied in any way.

In Figs. 1 to 4 there is apair of seats A, mounted upon a common movable support B,- and the movable support B is pivoted at one endto the fixed support O so that the outer seat A' may oscillate backward and forward between the three positions shown in Fig. 2 or, in fact, to any other desired position, the inner seat A being immovable in this particular style of support. Each of the individual seats A is pivotally mounted on the movable support B, so that they may face in any desired direction-forward, backward, or sidewise-and are usually connected by meansof a sprocket-chain D, so as to maintain them fastened always in the same direction.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 to 4 the heater is supported as follows: The movable support B of the seat or seats is preferably'formed with a tubular body E of preferably' rectangular cross-section, and a long pivotal tubular extension F is provided at the inner end which gives a long pivotal bearing in the hollow pedestal which composes the fixed support O. The heater is preferably an electric heater of a long cylindrical shape known in common use, as shown at G, and is of a size to substantially fill the hollow body E of the movable support. For insertion or withdrawal of the heater Gr the outer end of the body E is preferebly open and may be provided with a removable plate H. The

pivots for the individual seats are carried directly in bosses J on the upper side of the body E of the movable support. Obviously as the movable support swings around its pivotal point to carry the seats to any position the heater is maintained immediately beneath the seats in all positions. The most favorable circulation ofair may be provided by making the bottom and sides of the body E apertured, whereby the cold air from the iioor enters at the under side and after pass- Y ing over the heating-surfaces has its exit at the side and then turns upward, so as to come most immediately into contact with the body of the passenger.

In some seats now in use the inner one of the seats A is not carried directly over the ICO pivotal pointof the movable support B,though in other respects the construction is substantially identical with that of Figs. l to 4. Such aconstruction is illustrated in Fig. 5, in which the three pivot-points are out of line with each other and both seats A are moved as the support B swings around its pivot. The

details of construction for such an arrange? ment may be the same as for the arrangement shown in the previous figures. It is not essential, however, that the heater shall be carried directly or indirectly by the movable support B of the seats or that such support shall be of the particular form shown in Figs. l to 5. For example, in Figs. 6 and 7I show a heater supported independently of the movable support for the seats, and with this arrangement of the heater I show means for moving the heater simultaneously with the movementof the seat,though even such means is not a necessary incident of my invention and may be omitted, leaving the heater to be moved by hand or by any other means desired. This arrangement of the heater is shown also in connection with a different style of movable support from that presented in the previous figures. The fixed support is also modified, as hereinafter explained. In this case the movable support B, upon which the seats A are carried, is a plain bar similar to that shown in the specific type illustrated in my companion application above referred to. The movable support is pivoted at its central point upon the fixed support C. The heater G is supported in this case upon a separate and independent support, illustrated in the form of a pedestal K, attached directly to the door within the fixed support C. The heater is carried directly in a sleeve L, which is pivoted on the top of the pedestal K. This mode of support permits of the necessary movement of the heater to maintain it beneath the movable support B as the latter moves to one or the other of the two positions tor which it is adapted, as illustrated in Fig. 10. As stated above, I may leave the heater unconnected with any movable part of the seat, or I may provide any suitable means for moving the heater as the seat moves. Such a means, for example, might be a pair of arms M, extending downward from the under side of the movable support B and pushing the heater in one direction or the other as the movable support B is carried in one direction or the other. The arrangement of the air-passages may be the same as in my companion application above referred to or, as therein explained, may be varied almost indefinitely in detail. I provide for the necessary air-current and at the same time for easy access to the heater in case it is desired to remove or replace the same by completely cutting out one side of the pedestal, leaving apertures N on opposite sides, which permit access of air to the under side of the heater and exit of hot air from the top of the heater. The heater being supported entirely independently of the chair-supports in this construction may be removed by lifting it, together with the sleeve L and the pivot-pin of the latter, directly out of the socket in which the pin rests, or the sleeve L may be made to open easily and permit the withdrawal of the heater without removal of the sleeve.

In Figs. 8 and 9 is illustrated a form combining to some extent the features of both the embodiments previously described. In this case the movable support B is the same as for the construction shown in Fig. 6. The heater extends through the pedestal C, which forms the fixed support, but is at the same time carried bythe movable support by means of hooks O or the like carrying the opposite ends of the heater and connected at their upper ends to the movable support B. The apertures P in the opposite sides of the pedestal are of suliicient width to permit the necessary oscillation of the heater and also of suicient height both above and below the heater to allow a proper air circulation. Additional apertures Q may be provided in the upper part of the pedestal to permit the escape of hot air from the central portion of the heater.

Though I have described with great particularity of detail a specific embodiment of my invention, yet I am not to be understood as limiting myself to the specific form shown and described. Various modifications of the elements of the device and various rearrangements of the parts and combinations described are possible to those skilled in the art without sacrificing the advantages of my invention or departing from the spirit thereof. For example, though I have indicated the heater as of a form invented by me and now in general use, yet it is to be understood that various other types and shapes of heater may be used within my invention, and though I have indicated the seats as mounted upon the floor R of a car adjacent to the wall S thereof, which is the usual arrangement, yet it will be understood that they may be placed in any desired position in the car or that they may be used in other apartments than in cars without departing from my invention, and though I have indicated the usual arrangement comprising a pair of individual seats, yet it will be understood that the invention applies equally to any other number than two individual seats and to any other arrangement of the seats and to any other movements of the seats than those shown herein, my invention not being limited by the number, size, or arrangements of the seat or seats, except where positively stated in the claims hereinafter.

What I claim isl. The combination with a rotatable carseat, of means for supportinga heater beneath said seat, and means for moving said heater to maintain it beneath said seat when the latter is moved.

2. The combination with a movable car-seat IOO IIO

of means for supporting a heater beneath said seat, and means for moving said heater simultaneously with said seat when the-latter is moved.

3. The combination with a movable car-seat of means for supporting a heater beneath said seat, and means for connecting said seat and heater to maintain the latter beneath the seat when the seat is moved.

4. The combination with a movable car-,seat of means for supporting a heater beneath said seat, said seat and supporting means being connected to move together.

5. The combination With a seat, of a movable support on which said seat is mounted, and means for carrying a heater on said support.

6. The combination witha plurality of seats, of a single movable support on which said seats are mounted, and means for carrying a heater on said support and in position to extend under each of said seats.

7. The combination with a car-seat, of an oscillating support on which said seat is mounted, and means for carrying a heater on said support.

8. The combination with a seat ofA a movable support therefor having a tubular body adapted to carry a heater.

9. The combination with a seat of a movable support therefor having a tubular bodyy adapted to carry a heater, and having apertures in the bottom and sides of said body for air circulation.

10. The combination with a seat of a pivoted support therefor comprising a tubular body E providedwith-a removable plate H and a pivotal extension F, and a fixed support carrying said pivoted support.

4 In Witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses. EDWARD E. GOLD.

Witnesses:

DOMINGO A. USINA,

FRED WHITE. 

